Corinthians-Itaquera (São Paulo Metro)

Corinthians-Itaquera, or just Itaquera, is a station which is part of the metropolitan train system of CPTM and São Paulo Metro.

Corinthians–Itaquera
Metro boarding platform
General information
Location	Av. Projetada, 1900 Itaquera Brazil
Coordinates	23.5423747°S 46.4710683°W / -23.5423747; -46.4710683
Owned by	Government of the State of São Paulo
Operated by	Companhia do Metropolitano de São Paulo CPTM
Platforms	Island platforms Side platforms
Connections	Itaquera Bus Terminal
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
Other information
Station code	ITQ
History
Opened	1 October 1988 27 May 2000
Previous names	Corinthians Paulista Itaquera
Passengers
73,000/business day[1]
Services
Preceding station São Paulo Metro Following station Artur Alvim towards Palmeiras–Barra Funda Line 3 Terminus Preceding station São Paulo Metropolitan Trains Following station Tatuapé towards Luz Line 11 Dom Bosco towards Estudantes Future services Cidade A. E. Carvalho towards Bonsucesso Line 14 Hospital Santa Marcelina towards Jardim Irene
Track layout Legend Line track layout to Artur Alvim to Itaquera rail yard Line track layout to Tatuapé to Dom Bosco

Corinthians-Itaquera station has this name for being located in the district of Itaquera, in São Paulo, close to Arena Corinthians. There is, also, connection with Poupatempo in Itaquera and Shopping Metrô Itaquera in its surroundings. It's located in Avenida Projetada, 1900.^[2]

Metro Line 3-Red

Corinthians-Itaquera station was opened on 1 October 1988, being terminus for São Paulo Metro Line 3-Red, in the East route. In this station, there is also a connection with the Line 3-Red Maintenance Yard, known as "Itaquera yard" or "PIT".

The station is elevated with two island platforms over the distribution level, structure in apparent concrete, and metallic spatial lattice cover. It has adapted access for people with disabilities and reduced movements. Occupies an area of 30,435 square metres (327,600 sq ft) and has capacity for 60,000 passengers per day during peak hours.

View of Metro station and access catwalk to Arena Corinthians.

CPTM Line 11-Coral

Corinthians-Itaquera station is a train station on CPTM Line 11-Coral.

The current CPTM station area, which corresponds to one island platform, was built by São Paulo Metro, being unused for almost 12 years, and opened on 27 May 2000 to be used by the then-East Express.

References

1. "Entrada de Passageiros por Estação - Média Dias Úteis - 2023" (PDF) (in Portuguese). 2023-09-15. Retrieved 2023-09-27.
2. "Estação Corinthians–Itaquera - Linha 3–Vermelha" (in Portuguese). Companhia do Metropolitano de São Paulo. Archived from the original on 20 July 2019. Retrieved 15 July 2019.